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Escudo de Lago Ranco

Lago Ranco

Región de Los RíosFounded 194110.272 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 20241.763 km² of area6 inh./km²$11.527M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Finance
-36 pts
3rd biggest gain in autonomy from the Common Fund (since 2001)
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Society
35%
10th highest multidimensional poverty in the country
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Livability
38.3/100
27th least liveable in the country
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Population
−9,3%
Population would fall between now and 2050
Society
35,4%
Multidimensional poverty · 10th highest of 346
Finance
$1,1 million
per inhabitant per year · rank 63 of 346
Education
577,6 pts
around the national median in the PAES (576,9 pts)
Finance
273rd
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

27 Schools
13 Health centers
9 Squares and green areas
2 Fire stations
2 Pharmacies
2 Rodeo arenas (medialunas)
2 Carabineros
1 Kindergartens

Lago Ranco es un lago, Localidad y Comuna Chilena situada en la Provincia del Ranco, en la Región de Los Ríos, al sur de Chile. Se destaca por su gran riqueza natural y paisajística, con una extensión territorial aproximada de 1 685,7 km², lo que la posiciona como una de las comunas de mayor superficie de la provincia. Forma parte de la Cuenca del Ranco, siendo la comuna considerada el corazón de la gran Selva Valdiviana, y se encuentra dentro del Willi Mapu, un territorio de alto valor natural por su flora, fauna y cultura mapuche, lo que la convierte en un importante destino turístico del sur de Chile, especialmente por la presencia del gran Lago Ranco, uno de los lagos más extensos y profundos del sur del país.

Introductory text from Wikipedia, bajo licencia CC BY-SA.

Liveability index · EIU style

38.3 /100
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#320 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety36
Health30
Culture and environment37
Education67
Infrastructure37
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

Miguel Meza S.Re-elected
CHILE VAMOS · RENOVACION NACIONAL
7.054
votes (85.7%)
10.624
Electoral roll
84,4%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 7 terms
MM
Miguel Meza S.
2024-2028 · RENOVACION NACIONAL
7.054
votes
MA
Miguel Angel Meza Shwenke
2021-2024 · RN
3.044
votes
SS
Santiago Segundo Rosas Lobos
2008-2012 · PDC
2.283
votes
SR
Santiago Rosas Lobos
2004-2008 · PDC
3.005
votes
SR
Santiago Rosas Lobos
2000-2004 · PDC
1.291
votes
EE
Eduardo Espinosa Rettig
1996-2000 · RN
981
votes
EE
Eduardo Espinosa Rettig
1992-1996 · RN
958
votes

SERVEL · TRICEL (1992-2008) · DecideChile (2024) · Wikidata (pre-1992)

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

EV
Edgar Vasquez U.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · RENOVACION NACIONAL
1.196
votes
SP
Silvana Perez V.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · RENOVACION NACIONAL
917
votes
CR
Cristina Rosas L.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO
788
votes
MO
Miguel Obando M.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO SOCIALISTA DE CHILE
589
votes
AA
Alexis Antillanca L.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
420
votes
DP
Daniela Paredes G.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
283
votes

Official council minutesSource: CPLT · Active Transparency inventory (Law 20.285)

732 minutes publishedindex updated on 03-08-2026Municipal transparency

Comptroller auditsSource: CGR · Municipal Observatory

Findingstotal
125
Highly complex
10
Audit reports
9
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
20214726211
2018175842
2017201912
20162817112
2015135532

CGR severity classification · audit findings on the municipality and its corporations

Who requests meetings with the municipalitySource: InfoLobby · CPLT (Law 20,730)

  • cd
    Comite de Agua Potable Rural Tringlo a
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2024–2025
  • CC
    Centro Cultura Ex Alumnos
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2024
  • CD
    Comite de Agua Potable Rural Trin Trin
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2024–2025
  • C
    Curumi
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
  • ge
    Gremio Educacion
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • Iy
    Ingenieria y Construcciones Santa Sofia
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2020
  • Sd
    Servicio de Turismo Futangue Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • LP
    Los Portones S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2015
  • EL
    Empresas Lipigas S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
  • FA
    Fundación Amulén
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • IN
    Instituto Nacional de Estadística
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2015
  • CD
    Club Deportivo la Junta
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • PS
    Pena Spoerer y Cia. S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2016
  • CD
    Comite de Agua Potable Ensenada
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
  • Cy
    Comercial y Servicios Rómulo Ríos Pérez E.I.R.L
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2016
  • CD
    Comite de Agua Potable Rural Tringlo a Piedra Mesa
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • CR
    Cruz Roja
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
  • AA
    Agrupacion Adulto Mayor "las Maravillas" el Arenal
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
  • AC
    Asoc. Comunal de Funcionarios Paradocentesadminsitrativos y Auxiliares de la Educacion de la Comuna de Lago Ranco
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • Sd
    Subsecretaría de Energía
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
and 14 more organizations that requested meetings

Organisations that registered Lobby Law meetings with this municipality. Registering the meeting is mandatory for the official, so the list shows who asked to be heard, not whether they got anything.

PopulationWho lives here, how they study, their healthcare and more

Population and living conditionsSource: INE · CENSO · MINEDUC · ADIS

Population trend

10.401
inhabitants
10.262
inhabitants
20022025

How it has changedSource: Official INE series 2002–2026 (2017 base).

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
-1%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
9.299
-8% vs. 2035 (10.068)
Over 60 · 2050
41,51%
32,31% in 2035 · +9 pts of ageing

INE projects comuna population only through 2035; the 2050 values are an own estimate by the monitor, anchored to the official INE 2050 national total (21,626,079 inhab, 32.1% aged 60+). Not an official comuna figure.

IndicatorValueSource
Homes with public water supply (2017 Census)51,27 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)0,5 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment86 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment100 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)577,6 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)590,5 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo10.527 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)12,4 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)35,4 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples51,64 %2024 Census 2024

The PAES year is that of the admission process: the test is sat in November of the previous year. The average covers only those who registered to apply to university —not every secondary-school graduate— and groups them by the comuna of the school they graduated from, not by where the student lives. Here it rests on 105 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
12.833
6.611 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
4.699
71% of RSH households
Female-headed households
48%
3.167
Elderly (60+)3.12324%
Children and adolescents (<18)2.66121%
Foreign nationals430%
Belonging to indigenous peoples6.91654%
People with moderate/severe dependency2512%
Single-person households3.15748%

A monthly administrative snapshot of the Social Household Registry (self-registration to access benefits), as of abril 2026. The "bracket 40" is the socioeconomic rating of the most vulnerable 40%. It is a registry, not a survey: it complements CASEN (biennial) with fresh data, but well-off comunas under-register. Source: ADIS, Ministry of Social Development and Family.

School educationSource: MINEDUC Open Data 2025

School enrollment
2.146
21 schools
Students per teacher
9,8
218 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
92,1%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
70%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 82%Private subsidized 18%
Pass rate
98,3%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
0,76%
dropout during the year
national median: 1,77%

Aggregate of all the comuna's schools (RBD → comuna). Pass/withdrawal and attendance are from the 2025 school year. SIMCE is not published as open data (managed by the Quality Agency, by request only); the available quality proxy is passing, dropout and attendance. The PAES result appears in the social section.

Municipal healthcare (primary care)Source: SINIM · MINSAL / FONASA

CESFAM
1
Clinics
0
Rural health posts
5
FONASA enrollees
13.186
128% of the population
Doctors employed
6
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 104Contract staff: 68Fee contracts: 2
Primary-care medical visits · per year
9.413
41.432
20102025
Comprehensive home visits · per year
636
669
20192025

REM-26 section A (DEIS/MINSAL): comprehensive family visits, summed across the comuna's facilities. The last year is partial while DEIS consolidates monthly reports.

Comuna's primary-care centers · FONASA 2025 enrollees (13.091 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Centro de Salud Familiar Juan Santa María BonetFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal9.42365%
Posta de Salud Rural RiñinahueCommunity Family Health Center (CECOSF)Municipal1.32672%
Posta de Salud Rural PitriucoRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal74274%
Posta de Salud Rural PocuraRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal53580%
Posta de Salud Rural IllahuapeRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal45381%
Posta de Salud Rural RupumeicaRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal32280%
Posta de Salud Rural CalcurrupeRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal29072%

FONASA brackets A-B ≈ lowest incomes (A: without resources). Source: FONASA, as of Dec 31, 2025, DEIS code.

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $5.173.791.000 ($392.370/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $2.789.165.000Municipal contribution: $200.000.000

Indigenous peoplesSource: 2024 Census (INE) · CONADI via IDE SMA

Indigenous population
5.436
51.6% of the census population (Census 2024)
Indigenous communities
56
RNAI CONADI registry · Mar 2024
Land grants
24
indigenous lands registry 2022
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche5.41099.5%

2024 Census: people who consider themselves as belonging to an indigenous people (small counts are suppressed for confidentiality at the source and not shown). Communities: CONADI national registry as of March 2024 — Araucanía and Los Lagos not refreshed in that update, the count is a floor. Land grants: 2022 registry.

Community organizationSource: RPJSFL Civil Registry (Law 20.500/19.418) · as of Jun 2026

Active neighborhood councils
35
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
3.4
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
420
the entire active civil fabric
Committees (water, housing, progress)
145
Social and aid
72
Sports
47
For the elderly
12
Cultural
7
Religious
2
Fire brigades
1

All the comuna's active non-profit legal entities (Law 20.500 / 19.418), classified by organization name. It portrays the civil fabric: not just neighborhood councils, also committees, sports clubs, cultural and elderly groups, foundations and fire brigades.

3 Local media · FMSource: SUBTEL · broadcasting licences · Regional Media Survey (MSGG)

Local mediaTypedial
LRLAGO RANCOFM96.9 FM
PFPARAISO FMFM99.1 FM
DyDiseño y Publicidad Cristian Andres Godoy Bolvaran E.I.R.L. · holderFM91.3 FM

The dial (frequency) of every FM, AM and community radio with a studio in the comuna (SUBTEL, active sound broadcasting concessions). National networks appear in their headquarters' comuna, not necessarily where they broadcast. When SUBTEL records no brand name, its holder (the concession holder).

Foreign-born populationSource: 2024 Census · INE

Foreign nationals
93
0,9% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Argentina
26 people · 28% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
26 Argentina
20 Venezuela
15 Colombia
2 Perú

International immigrants per the 2024 Census (people born outside Chile living in the comuna). Nationwide they are 1,608,650 people, 8.8% of the population.

Housing and housing deficitSource: MINVU (Encampment Registry + 2024 Census deficit + subsidies) · INE

Encampments
0
no encampments registered
Housing deficit
268
6,6% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
75
14.823 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
141
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
240
beneficiaries · 2012–2023
Subsidies Rental · DS52
16
paid · 2014–2024

Encampments: MINVU National Registry 2024 (irregular settlements and the families living in them). Quantitative deficit: homes missing per the 2024 Census (doubling-up + unrecoverable overcrowding). Permits: new homes authorized by the Works Directorate in 2024 (INE) — measures future construction, not stock. Subsidies: MINVU by application comuna — DS49 accrues beneficiaries by resolution year; DS01 and DS52 accrue payments by application cohort (national totals in the source file differ ~1–6% from the comuna sum; the comuna series is published).

What the homes are like

9.400homes · by type (2017)
House
5.215 · 97.8%
House
4.006 · 98.5%
Shack/hut/shanty
81 · 1.5%
Other private
34 · 0.8%
Other private
23 · 0.4%
Shack/improvised dwelling
22 · 0.5%
Room in old house/tenement
11 · 0.2%
Indigenous dwelling
2 · 0%
Room in old house/tenement
2 · 0%
Apartment
2 · 0%
Traditional/indigenous dwelling
1 · 0%
Mobile
1 · 0%
76%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
2.039 · 73.3%
Provided for work
383 · 13.8%
Rented
164 · 5.9%
Free of charge
131 · 4.7%
Owned, being paid off
66 · 2.4%

Housing type: 2017 Census · tenure: 2002 Census (INE).

ResourcesBudget, spending, municipal procurement and more

Benefits under special regimesSource: Laws/SII/BCN/MTT/Treasury · deep-research verified

Fiscal or economic treatments that apply only to this comuna or its zone, not the rest of Chile. The chip color shows who it reaches: municipality, community, residents, companies or workers.

Others
Asignación de zona 15% (DL 249)workerspreliminary data
DL 249/1974 art. 7 · DL 3.551/1980 art. 25 · Ley 19.354

Sobresueldo mensual a funcionarios públicos según aislamiento/costo de vida: 15% del sueldo base (art. 7 DL 249). A los funcionarios municipales llega vía art. 25 del DL 3.551/1980 y el monto se aumenta en 40% (Ley 19.354) — salud primaria municipal (Ley 19.378) la percibe sin ese aumento; asistentes de la educación y personal de corporaciones no la perciben (Código del Trabajo). El %/territorio usa la división de 1974: dentro de una comuna pueden regir % mayores en localidades específicas (retenes, islas, cordillera) no reflejados acá; la CGR resuelve caso a caso. Comunas sin asignación no aparecen.

15% del sueldo base (municipal: ×1,4 por Ley 19.354)· vigente (art. 7 versión 22-dic-2021, verificado 2026-07-02)Source

Budget and revenue sourcesSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Total revenue · 2025
$11.527.494.000
Own revenue
$4.021.414.000
35% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$3.305.970.000
29% of the total
State transfers
$970.258.000
8% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$758.638.000
$11.527.494.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

16.6%
28.9%
43.9%
10.1%
Property tax$669.113.000
Business licenses$1.164.199.000
Vehicle permits$1.767.120.000
Cleaning fees$13.017.000
Other own revenue$407.965.000
Special-law revenues · 2025
Mining licenses (Law 19.143): $2.904.000

Distributed by law to specific comunas; they arrive via transfers.

Revenue by sector · 2025
46.9%
31.4%
21.7%
Municipal$11.527.494.000
Education$7.733.548.000
Health$5.330.008.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $306.133.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$112.444.000
$4.021.414.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$498.100.000
$3.305.970.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$10.101.000
$970.258.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$14.052.926.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$12.982.532.000
Execution rate
92.4%
Unexecuted: $1.070.394.000
Medium execution: it executed 92.4%. Left unspent: $1.070.394.000.

Accrued spending · trend

$690.148.000
$12.982.532.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

57.9%
24.8%
11.0%
Internal management$7.510.631.000
Community services$3.213.704.000
Social programs$1.424.546.000
Municipal activities$115.107.000
Recreational programs$581.140.000
Cultural programs$137.404.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$5.173.791.00039.9%
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$3.669.404.00028.3%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$2.378.193.00018.3%
Investment (works and projects)$1.451.167.00011.2%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$353.198.0002.7%
Electricity (facilities)$291.139.0002.2%
Transfers to education$200.000.0001.5%
Transfers to health$200.000.0001.5%
Councillor stipends$82.867.0000.6%
Travel allowances$75.378.0000.6%
Water (facilities)$39.615.0000.3%
Commissions and representation$2.139.0000.0%

Share of total accrued spending. Lines overlap (personnel sits inside several areas), so they don't add to 100%. Source: SINIM.

Personal y dotación municipal

Spending composition · 2025

18.3%
28.3%
53.4%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$2.378.193.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$3.669.404.000
Others$6.934.935.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

51.4%
21.8%
6.1%
19.1%
Permanent staff$1.542.243.000
Contract staff$652.271.000
Fee contracts$183.679.000
Labor Code$47.263.000
Community progs.$572.584.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

40.7%
28.5%
30.9%
Permanent staff50
Contract staff35
Fee contracts38
Total: 123 staffFee contracts: 30.9% of the headcountWomen: 50.6%Professionalization: 52.9%
Cost/staffer permanent: $27.030.640/yearCost/staffer contract: $18.043.086/yearCost/staffer fees: $5.041.368/year

Municipal staff by contract status (SINIM, 2023). Cost per staffer = annual spending of the type ÷ same-year headcount.

Inversión, servicios básicos y obras

Investment and authorities' expenses · 2025

Municipal investment: $1.451.167.000 (11.2% of spending)Councillor stipends: $82.867.000Travel allowances: $75.378.000Commissions and representation: $2.139.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $353.198.000Electricity: $291.139.000Water: $39.615.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

63
70
20012025

Building permits issued · per year

24
115
20122025

Management indicator · 2025

Maintained green areas per inhabitant
11 m²/inh.
Security/patrol cars
2
Security/patrol bicycles
0
Surveillance cameras
70
Security/patrol pickups
0
Security booths
0
CESFAM in the comuna
1
Primary-care medical visits
41.432
Clinics
0
urban and rural
Dependence on the Municipal Common Fund
45,12%
of own revenue
Security drones
2
Permanent staff
54
Permanent own revenue
34,89%
of total revenue
Doctors employed
6
as of Dec 31
Security/patrol motorcycles
0
Building permits
115
Health staff
68
contract
Health staff
2
fee-based
Health staff
104
permanent
FONASA-enrolled population
13.186
municipal health
Rural health posts
5
Street-market stalls
22
Final works approvals
70

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$67.782.723.894
Purchase orders
54.906

Purchase-order amount · trend

$1.028.371.736
$4.539.785.748
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Manuel Alejandro Vergara Carrasco$3.418.203.862179
Urzua Schwalm y Cia Limitada$1.923.057.6077.904
Manuel Vergara Schulz$1.913.151.833351
Mavec$1.896.284.628442
César Antonio Arriagada Vergara$1.322.071.164113
Jose Marcelo$1.191.988.200218
Empresa Nacional de Energia Enex S.A.$1.142.807.133544
Miguel Angel Vilches Rivera$1.101.872.15027

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $3.137.331.43669%
Agile Purchase $1.138.384.43625%
Direct award discretionary$182.991.9764%
Framework Agreement $81.077.9022%

Companies and economic activitySource: SII · company statistics and roster (domicile/HQ)

Registered companies
895
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
1.706

Pyramid by sales bracket

67.2%
10.5%
20.4%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)601 companies
Small (≤25k UF)94 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)14 companies
Large (>100k UF)3 companies
No sales/no info183 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Inversiones Futrono LimitadaACTIVIDADES FINANCIERAS Y DE SEGUROSLarge 2
Betelgeuse Inversiones SpAACTIVIDADES FINANCIERAS Y DE SEGUROSLarge 1
Inversiones Santa Catalina dos LimitadaACTIVIDADES FINANCIERAS Y DE SEGUROSLarge 1
Inversiones Vergara Labbe S. A.COMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 256
Agricola y Lechera D y e LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 247
Agricola Quillin Sociedad AnonimaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 218
Inversiones los Queltehues LimitadaACTIVIDADES INMOBILIARIASMedium 2
Sociedad de Inversiones el Canelillo LimitadaACTIVIDADES FINANCIERAS Y DE SEGUROSMedium 2
Inversiones Santa Catalina S.A.ACTIVIDADES INMOBILIARIASMedium 2
Inversiones la Huasa dos LimitadaACTIVIDADES INMOBILIARIASMedium 2

SII roster of legal entities (public). Due to tax secrecy sales come in brackets, never amounts. The comuna is that of the domicile/HQ: operations may be elsewhere.

TerritoryClimate, biodiversity, national heritage, SEIA-approved projects and more

Biodiversity and protected areasSource: SNASPE · SEIA baselines

State protected wilderness areas (SNASPE) in the comuna
PuyehueNational Park125.165 ha

Species of flora, fauna and funga documented in the baselines of the projects evaluated by SEIA in the comuna — what their environmental studies recorded in the territory. Conservation status (RCE/IUCN) and Chilean endemism are flagged.

68
Species
38
Flora
30
Fauna
24
In conservation status
13
Endemic to Chile
Species in conservation category
PeladillaAplochiton zebraENCarmelitaPercilia gillissiENPejerrey chilenoBasilichthys australisVUPocha de los lagosCheirodon galusdaeVURuilNothofagus alessandriiENPitaoPitavia punctataENQueuleGomortega keuleENBelloto del norte, belloto (genérico)Beilschmiedia miersiiVUBelloto del surBeilschmiedia berteroanaENPuyeGalaxias maculatusVUBagrecitoTrichomycterus areolatusVULinguePersea lingueVUPeladillaAplochiton taeniatusENAraucaria, pehuén, piñonero, pino piñonero, pino chileno, pino araucaria, pewen, guiliuAraucaria araucanaENOlivillo, teque, tique, palo muerto, aceitunilloAextoxicon punctatumVUPudúPudu puduVUHuillínLontra provocaxENPerca truchaPercichthys truchaNTPato cortacorrientesMerganetta armataNTCarpintero negro, gallos del monte, rere (mapudungún)Campephilus magellanicusNTMonito del monteDromiciops gliroidesNTPalmilla, quilquil, arriquilquilBlechnum hastatumNTPalito negro, doradillaAdiantum chilenseNTPumaPuma concolorNT

CR critically endangered · EN endangered · VU vulnerable · NT near threatened (Species Classification Regulation / IUCN). ★ endemic to Chile. Extracted from SEIA studies by kingdom; presence reflects what baselines characterized, not a census.

3 Wetlands · 2 urban · 25.697 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-14-02Lago Rancourban25.528 /42.999
HUR-14-01Sist. Rios Llollelhue- Bueno- Radimadiurban168 /4.325
HPU-14-21Sin identificar1

Area = hectares of wetland within the comuna boundary (apportioned using the DPA table of each record). For wetlands shared between comunas, "portion / total" is shown. "Urban" = urban wetland (HUR code). Official source migrated to the SBAP (Law 21,600).

Large projects approved by SEIASource: SEIA · approved projects

Projects with an environmental permit (RCA) approved by SEIA and declared investment above US$ 10 million, located in the comuna according to the case file and grouped by sector. Every sector with at least one project is listed: this is not a ranking or a selection. 1 project totaling US$ 22 million, approved in 2007. When a project spans several comunas, its investment is split among them.

Energy1 project · US$ 22 M · 2007
Ganadera y Forestal Carran Ltda.CENTRAL HIDROELÉCTRICA CHILCOCO (e-seia)

Approved is not the same as built or operating: the RCA authorises the project, but some were never carried out and others have since closed.

Source: projects with an RCA approved by SEIA (investment declared by the developer, split among the comunas the project spans). Under each sector are its two largest projects by investment. It is the best public proxy for large industrial sites; SERNAGEOMIN’s registry of active mining operations (by mineral and type of operation) is a layer not yet incorporated.

Basic utilitiesSource: SISS · CNE · MINEDUC

Distribuidora eléctrica
SAESA · also Cooprel
Empresa sanitaria (agua y alcantarillado)
ESSAL
Higher education
No campus · nearest in Río Bueno at 44.5 km

Almost no comuna has its own utility: it is served by a major regional concession holder. Water = urban operational territory (SISS; rural goes via APR); electric = concession distributor per the tariff decree (CNE); higher education = university, IP and CFT campuses (MINEDUC/SIES), with the nearest comuna when there are none.

Green areasSource: SINIM · SUBDERE (2025)

Green space per capita
11 m²
above the CNDU standard
standard 10 m²

Municipally maintained green area per inhabitant (SINIM). The National Urban Development Council recommends a minimum of 10 m²/inhab (WHO, ~9). Self-reported by municipalities, with quality varying across comunas.

Territorial burdensSource: SUBDERE (waste, Jun 2023) · Gendarmería (Jun 2025) · SISS (WWTP)

Infrastructure this comuna carries — often serving others.

FacilityTypeDetail
PTAS - LAGO RANCOPTAS · lodo activadoSURALIS S.A. · discharges into estero quillín
Where this comuna's waste goes
Vertedero de Morrompulli (Valdivia) · 2.952 t/year

Official registries: they exclude illegal dumps and rural WWTPs (no consolidated public registry).

Forest firesSource: CONAF · Occurrence and damage statistics (2023-2024)

Wildfires · 2023-2024
3
Area affected
23 ha
mostly shrubland
Cumulative last 5 seasons
26 ha
includes the 2022-2023 mega-season

Occurrence and area affected by wildfires (CONAF). The 5-season cumulative gives a fairer picture than a single year: fire is episodic and big catastrophes concentrate in few seasons. The area is comuna-wide, not just urban.

Winter riskSource: SENAPRED · winter critical points 2026 (via FAU U. de Chile)

Critical points registered
46
At high or very high risk
4
Main threat
Deslizamiento/Derrumbe/Rodad…
Deslizamiento/Derrumbe/Rodado/Caída

Points in the comuna where SENAPRED identifies winter-rain risk (channel overflows, flooding, collector collapse, landslides, mudflows, snow), with risk level and the agency responsible for the fix.

Water scarcitySource: DGA · MOP (scarcity-zone decrees)

No scarcity decree in force today.
Years under decree since 2008
2
latest: 2022 · drought chronicity

DGA water-scarcity zone decrees (by comuna, province or region; basin decrees are not counted here, so chronicity is a floor). The decree enables extraordinary water redistribution measures. At the megadrought's peak (2021) 286 comunas were under decree; today 26.

Climate and climate changeSource: ARClim · MMA + CR2/UC (CMIP6 modeling)

Mean annual temperature
9,16°C
2035-2065 projection: +1,16°C
Annual precipitation
2.893 mm
projection: 0%
Hot days>30°C
0
projection: +1 days
Frost days
57

Modeled climatology (CMIP6 downscaling ~5 km): present ≈ 1980-2010, projection ≈ 2035-2065 middle scenario. Not recent weather observation.

SafetyCrime, road crashes and municipal security infrastructure

Crimes (police cases)Source: CEAD · Ministry of Public Security

Police cases · 2025
727
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
7.077
Police cases · trend
645
727
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces3413.320
Domestic violence92896
Property damage76740
Threats75730
Minor injuries41399
Larceny23224
Burglary of an uninhabited place20195
Burglary of an inhabited place1097
Sexual abuse988
Threats or brawls (misdemeanor)988
Less serious injuries768
Drug-related crimes549

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 23.

Police cases (reports + arrests) recorded by Carabineros and PDI. Not victimization (ENUSC measures the real figure, higher due to underreporting). The rate uses INE 2024 population. Source: CEAD, Ministry of Public Security.

What the municipality does

Municipal security infrastructure and staff declared to SINIM (since 2016). Excludes Carabineros and PDI, which are national.

Surveillance cameras
70
Guards and inspectors
2
1 per 5.136 hab
Patrol fleet
2
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Patrol fleet by type
Cars: 2Drones: 2
Surveillance cameras · trend
35
70
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
32
Deaths
4
38,9 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
26
2 serious
Pedestrian collisions
3
2 pedestrians killed

Crashes georeferenced by CONASET (urban + highway) during 2024. The only per-comuna source; covers ~70% of the country's deaths (non-geolocatable ones are excluded), so it slightly underestimates the total. Pedestrian collision is the leading cause of pedestrian death.